9009764

Broadcast Content via Over the Top Delivery

PublishedApril 14, 2015
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
12 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A method for delivering Over the Top (“OTT”) television content to a receiver device, comprising: receiving a first programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a first Designated Market Area (“DMA”); providing a first OTT television content to the receiver device via a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (“MBSFN”); receiving a second programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a second DMA; providing a second OTT television content to the receiver device via a second MBSFN; determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content; and merging the first MBSFN and the second MBSFN into a single MBSFN in response to determining that the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content comprises inspecting packets of the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content comprises comparing the source uniform resource locator (“URL”) for the first OTT television content to the URL for the second OTT television content.

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4. A server, comprising: means for receiving a first programming request from a receiver device corresponding to a first Designated Market Area (“DMA”); means for providing a first Over the Top (“OTT”) television content to the receiver device via a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (“MBSFN”); means for receiving a second programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a second DMA; means for providing a second OTT television content to the receiver device via a second MBSFN; means for determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content; and means for merging the first MBSFN and the second MBSFN into a single MBSFN in response to determining that the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content.

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5. The server of claim 4 , wherein means for determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content comprises means for inspecting packets of the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content.

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6. The server of claim 4 , wherein means for determining whether the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content comprises means for comparing the source uniform resource locator (“URL”) for the first OTT television content to the URL for the second OTT television content.

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7. A server, comprising: a network interface configured to communicate with a communication network; and a processor coupled to the network interface, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving a first programming request from a receiver device corresponding to a first Designated Market Area (“DMA”) via the network interface; providing a first Over the Top (“OTT”) television content to the receiver device via a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (“MBSFN”) via the network interface; receiving a second programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a second DMA via the network interface; providing a second OTT television content to the receiver device via a second MBSFN via the network interface; determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content; and merging the first MBSFN and the second MBSFN into a single MBSFN in response to determining that the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content.

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8. The server of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content comprises inspecting packets of the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content.

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9. The server of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that determining whether the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content comprises comparing the source uniform resource locator (“URL”) for the first OTT television content to the URL for the second OTT television content.

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10. A non-transitory server readable medium having stored thereon server-executable instructions configured to cause a server to perform operations comprising: receiving a first programming request from a receiver device corresponding to a first Designated Market Area (“DMA”) via the network interface; providing a first Over the Top (“OTT”) television content to the receiver device via a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (“MBSFN”); receiving a second programming request from the receiver device corresponding to a second DMA; providing a second OTT television content to the receiver device via a second MBSFN; determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content; and merging the first MBSFN and the second MBSFN into a single MBSFN in response to determining that the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content.

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11. The non-transitory server readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the stored server-executable instructions are configured to cause a server to perform operations such that determining whether the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content are the same OTT television content comprises inspecting packets of the first OTT television content and the second OTT television content.

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12. The non-transitory server readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the stored server-executable instructions are configured to cause a server to perform operations such that determining whether the first OTT television content and the OTT second television content are the same OTT television content comprises comparing the source uniform resource locator (“URL”) for the first OTT television content to the URL for the second OTT television content.

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Publication Date

April 14, 2015

Inventors

Gordon Kent WALKER
Charles N. LO
Jun WANG
Daphna ZEILINGOLD
Joseph P. BARONE
Ed O. TIONGSON

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